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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14
General News-Sifted.

The admirers of Mr.. Beecher were
not confined to his own congregation.
A Jewish temple at st. Louis has
subscribed $500 to the Beecher mon
ument fund.
The annual session of the Grand
Lodge of the Knights of Honor will
be held in Boston next Wednesday.
The drouth in Texas is very far
achin g and is causing much loss.
Cattle are dying for lack of food and
water, and the cotton crop is threat
ened.
Rev. DIR. Edward G. Taylor, n
prominent Baptist preacher and Sun
dav School worker, died at Buffalo
On Sunday.
A disastrous explosion has occur
Led at a nitro-glycerine factory at
rreiberg, Saxony, the killed and in
iured numbering Is.
Another attempt on the life of the
Gar is reported.
famed G.. Blaine, who was taken
sick last week at Fort Gibson, Aai-
Lonia, is out of danger.
The Hartford bridge, where the
terrible disaster occurred in Feb.
went out Sunday night.
Mr.. John I. Raymond, the actor,
is dead, aged 81.
The missing sealing steamer Eagle
is safe at st. Johns, n. +.
Base ball playing was stopped IL
some places on Long Island Sunda,
by officers of the law.
There was a $500, 900 fire at Tole
do on Sunday evening.
Rhode Island and Michigan vote'
last week upon proposed prohibition,
constitutional amendment. The a
mendment was defeated in both states
Rhode Island also voted on tn
Woman's Suffrage question ant
showed it under badly.
The democrats, besides electin
their governor in Rhode Island, cal
tied the legislature by one majority
which will give them the other stat
, officers.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14

Herman o, Emerson and wife, who
have been visiting at her fathers, u, NJ
skinner, started for Fitchburg, Mass. on
Tuesday morning, where they are at
work,
Archie Bemis has gone to Troy, N, H.,
where he has a job.
VIM. j, Sherry from Manitoba, who
has been ON visit at Geo, Wells, his
relatives, has gone to Brattleboro to work
for Thomas Cain,
The b, 4 w. H. II, terminated at this
place again ON account of slides ON the
track Monday eve.
Mr.. & Mrs. VIM, j. Howe have return
ed from Worcester, Mass,
Harry. A, Morse, so long with Butter
icks pattern house of New York has
been here ON matters of business, relating
| to the rental of his lands of which he owns
large amount.
The high water of Sunday damaged the
roads badly in places.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14
WARDSBORO.
DIV is rapidly disappearing,

Snow is rapidly disappearing,
Ed. Howe has gone to Dover to
work.
j. Barber from Townshend is Wis
ting his brother, f. ID. Barber.
II. c. Benson has bought horse
of ii. Cobb.
Would be sugar makers have a dis
couraged look.
The Ladies Aid Society met with
Miss Ella Gleason last Thursday
p. m.
Appropriate Easter services in the
NJ. +. Church last Sunday. q
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14
GRAFTON.

Miss Amanda Patience Walker,
died April 9th. Miss Walker has
been a successful school teacher,
author and a nice christian woman.
L. Kinsbury has moved into Mr..
Butterfield's brick tenement.
Minnie johnson teacher in Howe
vile, commences her school next
week.
Mrs. r. Stiles has nice show of
flowers in blossom which she has
managed to keep warm all winter.
Some farmers are tapping their
'Bush" while others have given up
the idea of sugaring at all this year.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14
TEE STEP-MOTHER.

The day d.cl cut in drcarincss and dread:
Gr,m sa&.io%s crcpt through hail ana
corridor,
While fading iire-light lurid Pickering
shed
Athwart the panclled walls and oaken
floor, =
Around the chocr!css hearth the chill
"a !y,y'a,!,
Paia. la4ti,..t, hrooding DER the droadc
r!aIC0"
Q.ike hai(-acdgod birds forsakcn in til
lssA,
Toe co~cl 20 weep, too dullcd wit
C!oon aRi SORROW.
Upon ,,,e wall the treasured portra'
hang,
That wcll-remcmbcrcd smile foravC
gone,
That pure white neck round which theI
arms lH.G cluag,
Those lips once warm with kiss anc
benson.
1t every fancicd football, white with fear
The children started, tremblcd, glance,
around,
iazcd in each others eyes and seemed
TO hear
The Strangers voice in every passing
Gouad.
low will she come? with frown, or bale,
yai smile
Yet Iearsuilcr, to greet the shrinking
throHg?
ow look, how speak? Why tarries she
meanwhile,
Thus wantonly their torture 10 pf0
long!
| last she comes. Hush, hush, unwcI
| como guest,
| rsurpcr Of dead rites and dearest ties
Il, 10! false fears; ii is a vision hlest
An angel stands before their sl.slonIi!
eyes,
18th such a smile as mild Marlonn:
w"ar,
OH such look--so gracious md 5,
meek
nc twilight elimmering round her gold
ca hair,
And tears Of tender pity on her cheek
- linrper's BaIar.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14
PERU,

c. W. Whitney has started his
mill. A. S. Adams has gone to
work for him.
G.. X. Davis is on the sick list.
Our telegraph operator is suffering
from a badly fractured wrist but as
good luck would have it the fracture
was on the left hand wrist, thus ena-
bling her to have free use of her
right hand.
Mr.. A. Il. Corbit is slowly i'm
proving.
Miss Mary Sawyer is engaged to
teach the village school.
Miss Fannie Cross has taken the
school in Dist. No. 4.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14

Ever since the beginning of the
desperate efforts to "suppress the
SITTER" because it rOuld persist in
telling the truth about "the ring and
in exposing the tactics of certain
cheap political shams in this county,
there has been good deal of curious
speculation as to who was furnishing
the money for this contemplate job.
1t was we'll known that neither Lam
son nor Styles had either the dispo-
sition or the means to do it; and, if
common report speaks the truth,
Davenport is fast finding another and
4 final burial place for the dollars his
father left him; while everybody who
is acquainted with Low Martin
knows that he pinches the American
Eagle on all coin he gets hold of I'M
til the brave bird screams in mortal
agony-so this lets Low out from all
suspicion of such foolishness, though
he was ready enough to help the
iniquity on so long as somebody else
paid the fiddler. 1t must have cost a
good many hundreds of dollars to foot
the bills, even before the illegitimatp
birth, without parents or sponsors, of
"The weakly Daisy" which draws its
weakly breath at heavy weekly cost
to somebody for pap and coddling
There is nobody in these parts that
has money to throw away in this
reckless manner, and so the over
flowing purse was naturally looked
for elsewhere. Finally public sus-
picion, backed up by divers facts
and circumstances, has settled down
pretty unanimously upon a certain
distinguished inventor residing in
Brattleboro, (Which his front name is
Levi Fuller) who is full of ambition
and disinterested goodness, SO he
says, and has a full purse always
open for deeds of high toned benevo-
lence. The only circumstance that
discredits this suspicion is that usu-
ally, when the distinguished gentle
man in question gives anything away
he makes haste to make public proc
iamation of it, and he hasn't vet
publicly claimed, so far as we are adj
yised, to be the financial hacker of
the SIFTER's prosecutors. But on
this whole subject the SITTER at
present prefers to express no opinion
1t NEARLY records the opinion of
others, leaving it for future develope-
ments to show whether these opinions
and suspicious are well or ill founded
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14
BRATTLEBORO.
AN UNroUNDED RUMoR.

IAN c4>''SNbID ANt'AcH'
When the Reformer, Commonly
called "The Defamer, failed to
put in an appearance last Friday eve
ming and again on Saturday morn
ing, rumor quickly spread abroad
that that pesky Shanks was at the
bottom of it, and was trying to ''sup-
press" his enemy by foul means,
after the manner of those who have
been vainly assaulting the SITTER
with their legal pop guns. On re-
dection, however, this theory was
generally abandoned on the ground
that Shanks, with all his faults, is
not mean enough by a long shot to
retaliate, even in his own defence,
by resorting to the dirty tactics and
weapons which the Defamer and its
gang have freely used against him.
And so it has turned out-the much
maligned Shanks had nothing to dc
With it.
Rolin Childs of Springfield is in town
for few days
10 Taylor has been in town, but has
| down to more genial chimes.
The recent thaw and high water will de
ain f. Crosby & Co. from putting il
he remainder of the foundation to theil
prick block which they had commenced
The Soldiers monument Is being Wig
1usly pushed forward.
The Deacon ought to have given az
much as Levi.
Mr.. Barrey is moving into G. Il. Eddy
house on Clark st.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14
LANDGROVE.

No preaching last Sabbath, our
minister, f. w. Lewis has been alb
sent three Sabbaths on account of i'll
health.
L. F. Woodland lost horse last
week.
l.. F. Woodland wishes through
the SITTER to express his thanks to
the grangers and neighhors who 50
kindly assisted him in rebuilding a
sugar house in place of one burned
last spring.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14

The item going the rounds of the
papers that Chief Justics Rovce of
the Vermont Supreme Court is asso-
ciated with ex-Gov. Smith in the
Smelling and Mining and Refinipo
Company, located at Ell Paso, Tex.
is entirely without foundation in fact
Judge Royce says that be has no
knowledge of any such company, and
furthermore that he is not interested
IN this or any other enterprise with
Gov. Smith. The name of one of
the gentlemen who is interested in
this mining company is Mr.. Ross,
who lives in Canada, and his name
bas, through some blunder, been
made to read Judge Royce.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14
WEST TOWNSHEND.

The snow disappeared quite rapidly
last Sunday and Monday so that it
is better wheeling than sleighing,
The sick are all improving
AS DR.. Kenyon was driving home
from this place last Monday night
his horse became frightened, near Mr..
Hescock's, and jumped imo the river.
The horse came out with part of the
harness and one thill, the sleigh be-
ing carried away with the current.
According to reports DR.. Kenyon
was not hurt much.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14
LUDLOW.

In the case of DR.. Chase of L. Wal
lingford VS. join Perkins of the Kicks
poo Indian c., both Perkins and the
doctors wife Were acquitted, there no
being sufficient evidence to convict.
There has been no freight over this di-
vision of the Central Vt. since Saturday
The high water, caused by the melting
snow, gulled out the road-bed of the
track, 75 or so it., and leaves the ties ana
rails suspended in air about 20 1T. above
the water at Cuttingsville.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14

Two shocks of earthquake occurred
at Burlington Sunday afternoon, the
first, rather light, at about 2 80, and
the second 10 minutes later. The
second shock was very heavy, re-
sembling the conclusion from large
gun, followed by jar of five seconds
durationr Doors and windows rat
tied, and those living in the thirt
story of blocks say the building,
seemed to sway to and fro. People
ran into the streets in a panic, man,
supposing that terrific explosion
had occurred near by.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14
WESTON.

Sprague & Richardson, in the month Of
Mar, took in $50 dozen eggs. We did
not call this much of month for eggs as
many of our hens have Joined the Knights
Of Labor and just at this time were on
strike. But now the price of eggs being
settled at 10 cents per dozen, many have
returned to their usual work. X.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14

Alaska has sent to Washington cane
for President CIevel nd
1t was made by Dick, the native police
man OF Sitka and is Of yellow cedar,
skillfully carved. The carving repre-
srnts the history OF the bear family, that
animal being the totem" OF the Kahtwa-
Ions. the most numerous OF the two
Indian families that constitute the
population of Sitka village,
1t is finished with a ferule Of Alaska
gold,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14

Catarrh, when chronic, becomes
very offensive. 1t is impossible to be
otherwise healthy, and, at the same
time, afflicted with catarTh. This
disag1eeable disease, in its most OBJ
stinats and dangerous forms, can be
cured by the use Of Ayers Sarsapa-
rilis.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14
The word Maverick"

The Houston Age adopts without COM
vent the fallc that the word ''mav,
erick," applied to cattle, originated as
.ollows:
q In the early days Mr.. Samuel Nav,
rick. a wealthy San Antpnian. had Il
aree stock OF cattle and did not have
hcm locked after and marked and
randel very closely, and it got to be
he case tina, al the unmarked cattle
IN the range were called mavericks"
This Is iktion. 1he word was in use
hiinhpci gears a." in Louisiana, as
appears Ly The hi-torN OF Judge Martin.
-lGaives!on l'fcAasl News.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14
Unlucky House.

There is house in Barnett which Is
remarkably I'm ucky 1t was built in
1876, and five or six families have
since moved into and out Of it, Not a
family has UJcUpcd the house year
without the death Of onc Of its members,
and it is said that all of the.se were taken
sick suddenly. 4 Atlanta Constitution.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14
BONNEVILLE.
A SUDDEN DEATH.

A SUDDES DEATH.
Last Thursday morning John H..
Center, a man about 40 years of age,
living on the Briggs place, near Geo.
cummings, went out to draw up a
hand sled load of wood. Shortly
afterwards his little son went out and
found him dead, lying on his face.
He had got within 20 rods of the
house. He must have died instantly
supposed to have been heart disease
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14
DEATHS.

In Londonderry, Apr. s, Lula
Perry, daughter of Frank and Hattie
Perry, aged mos
In Londonderry, Apr. II, Mrs. Barnet
Wait aged 81 years, mos.
In Wnhall, Apr, It'll, John Ii. Center
aged about 20 years,
In Ludlow, Apr. 9Th, Mrs. Harriet S.
Meads, aged Sc years,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14
PERMISSIBLE.

Master Geo. L.. son of A. ID. FletC her
Of Chester, is spending short time will
Prof. Howard of this place, taking les
sons in penmanship.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14
JAMAICA.

c. II. Barnes has sold the Lowell
Fierce place 70 Ir. Cruwingshisld. ~
Mr.. Taylor has taken possession of bis
livery stock lately purchased Of !. O.
Bhister.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14

When Baby was sick, We gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castor,s
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children. she gave them Castori.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14
MARRIED,

In Weston, Apr ), at the residence of
The brides parents, by Rev, +, W, Lew
Is, Mr. Gilman f. Foster and Miss SUI
san A. Turner, both of Weston,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14
5000 BOoEAge7ats W0,,telto Sell
LIFT TH5 Of bEEchER.

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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-04-14
BIRTHS.

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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-17
GREEGY,s PROMOTION.
Congratulations Pouring in-.An Bn-
teryiew With tae New Signal Ser

Congratulations Pouring iu-.An En-
tervieV With the New Signal Ser.
vice CHIEF.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16.-Capt. Greely
this morning received number of tele-
grams and calls from his old friends at Fort
Smelling and various points in the depart
ment of Dakota congratulatiDg him upon
his selection as chief signal officer. 1t was
only short time ago that his rank was only
that OF lieutenant, and now he is in a fair
way to become a brigadier general. The
jump from captain to brigadier general
ship is something very unusual. This morn
ing Capt. Greely said he did not regard his
nomination or his prospective confirmation
as chief signal officer as affecting in any
way the project of transferring the western
bureau to the civil branch of the govern
ment.
''There was chief signal oficer,'' he said,
''before this was a weather bureau. If con-
gress chooses to remove the part of the
service which has grown up with it, although
in no way military in its character, there is
no reason why the signal service proper
should be affected while the project is pend
ing. l have carefully refraIned from enlist
ing any more men. On the contrary, I have
recently discharged seven who were not fit
to send to stations. Some people think the
transfer project will result in a compromise,
that the body Of the signal corps will be
placed on civilians standing with the COM
missioned officers as they are now, and the
bureau remaining part of the war depart
ment as the quartermasters department is
constituted.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-17
Chips From, the Ties.

No further information has been received
at the Northern Pacific general Offices as to
the condition of the cattle on the ranges.
There has undoubtedly been considerable loss,
but the fact of it is no approximation to the
truth can be made at present. tits believed
by many that while the snow has blown into
the valley of the Yellowstone and destroyed
some. the bulk of the stock which is in the
hills is safe and in good condition.
Messrs. Kenyon, of the Burlington s. North
ern; Boyd, of the Minneapolis & St. Louis: ].
T. Clark. of the Omaha; Hanley, of the Min
neSota northwestern, went to Chicago yes
terday. Several days ago representatives
from the Milwaukee & st. Paul, TIL Manitoba
and other roads went down, so that many OF
the leading railroad men have left the city.
c. H. ChappeL general manager Of the Chi
cago s. Alton, has been appointed by Commls-
sioner Faithorn, of the Northwestern Frelgh
association, one of the arbitrators to decide
on the percentages of the east-b0und pool of
that association. James g. Hiland Is the
other arbitrator.
T. W. Guthrie has resigned the position of
secretary to General Manager Du Puy and
been appointed chief clerk in the Office of
Superintendent May in West ST. Paul.
1t is reported that the Aberdeen branch of
the Manitoba is to be extended to Yankton,
and the people of Yaukton. have raised q
bonus of $4,000 for this purpose.
dispatch was received from Mr. Odell, Of
the Northern Pacific from Mandan, stating
that the road is all right nd that he bad got
through thirty cars of freight.
II. Fl. Scobell has been appointed assistant
superintendent of telegraph Of the Eastern
division Of the Northern Pacific, with head
quarters in St. Paul.
The Milwaukee St. Paul has cancelled the
tariff quoting rates between ST. Paul and
Hampton, Ia.
F. a. Young, contracting agent of the
Minnesota s. Northwestern, has ret Irned.
President Fisher, of the ST. Paul & Duluth,
is out OH tour of inspection on the road.
H. C.. Bicknell, of the Burlington s. North
era, has gone TO New York.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-17
THE QUEENS JUBILEE.
It is Celebrated With Great Pomp and
Circumstance Throughout the
Indian World.
Thousands of Prisoners Set Free in Oom-
memoration Of the Event---Scenes
at Mandalay.
Several People Killed in Connection
With the Riots at
Odessa.
The Conspiracy Trial Regarded as q
Farce--General Foreign
News.

CALCUTTA, Feb. 16.-In all the chief
cities OF India to-day imposing fetes were
held in commemoration of the queens iu-
bilee. The celebrations will last three
days. In all the Christian churches and in
the native temples and mosques thanksgiy-
ing services have been held A number Of
prisoners, who have been in duress for debt
OF for offences against the civil or
military law, were set free at daylight.
The viceroy has received large number Of
congratulatory addresses from all the cities
IN India to be forwarded to the queen. At
Bombay the duke and dutchess of Con-
naught and the governor drove in state
through the streets and received an ovation
from the immense crowds that lined their
route. In the evening brilliant display Of
fireworks Illuminated the city.
MANDALAY, Feb 16.-The queens jub-
lice was celebrated to-day by a parade Of
troops and firing of salutes. Sir Charles
Bernold, chief commissioner, in the pres
ence of the native officials and ex-King
Iheebaw and Chief Isawbwa, made a
speech, in which he reviewed the success
1ul reign OF the empreSS-oueen
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-17
The New Trottinc association.

CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-The following call
has been issued for convention of trotting
associations to form central trotting assO-
citation to succeed the national trotting asso-
ton:
The undersigned, officers and representa-
tives OF associations interested in holding
trotting and pacing meetings and fairs, al
which premiums are offered for trotting and
pacing races, do hereby invite all of the
trotting associations that favor the organiza-
tion Of new trotting association to meet
with US in a convention to be held at the
Russell house in Detroit, Mich, Wednesday,
Mach 2, 1887, for the formation of an asso-
citation for the benefit, promotion
and government of trotting and pacing
meetings and races. We make this
Call for the meeting, fully believing that the
National TrOtting association, as now organ
lied, does not merit the wants of its members
Or Of the trotting interests at large, and that
a new association is absolutely necessary.
We therefore urge that every association that
favors the organization of new trotting
association send representative to such
meeting, fully empowered to act for it, and
join the new association when formed. The
basis of representation is to be one vote for
each association either by personal delegate
or written proxy.
To the call Is appended the names of
thrty-one associations, and it is stated that
100 associations are in favor of the move.